Clip Browser bug? at DVinfo.net

Daniel Bates · September 20th, 2009, 09:34 PM

Hey all,

Is there a known issue with Clip Browser on OS 10.5.8? Mine worked fine for the first, oh, month after installing, but starting last week it has been crashing within five seconds of launch - every single time. I tried reinstalling; no luck. It's kind of an issue because I don't want to just Finder-copy the BPAV directories onto my hard drive, and I don't have any other way of importing them.

Any ideas, or am I out of luck?

Brooks Graham · September 20th, 2009, 09:41 PM

Try running it in the Guest account. If it runs fine there, but not under your login, then its prefs got mangled and you can just trash the prefs to fix it.

Daniel Bates · September 20th, 2009, 09:50 PM

Thanks for the quick reply, Brooks. Unfortunately it crashed in Guest as well.

Brooks Graham · September 20th, 2009, 09:58 PM

Did you recently install or update anything that you could correlate with the onset of this?

Perhaps maybe the new SxS driver?

Outside of the usual troubleshooting steps (running under Guest, etc.) I don't know where else to look.

Daniel Bates · September 20th, 2009, 10:21 PM

I've been updating various software as my pathetic Internet connection will allow. I'm pretty sure one of the updates or another broke it, but I can't figure out which - especially as the clone laptop works fine and has the same updates.

David Issko · September 20th, 2009, 11:48 PM

Corrupt or conflicting files playing havoc I would suspect.

Nick Wilson · September 21st, 2009, 07:06 AM

It's a long shot, but I have found that Clip Browser will not launch if my IPod shuffle is connected. Have you anything similar?

Nick

Daniel Bates · September 21st, 2009, 09:21 AM

Nick, if I'm ever in the UK, I'll buy you a beer.

Brooks Graham · September 21st, 2009, 09:32 AM

So, was that it? An iPod?

Daniel Bates · September 21st, 2009, 09:48 AM

Yep - I had my Shuffle plugged in. I would never have guessed that it could be the culprit.

Nick Wilson · September 21st, 2009, 03:55 PM

No worries!

N

September 20th, 2009, 09:34 PM	#1
Daniel Bates Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: Daegu, Korea Posts: 180	Clip Browser bug? Hey all, Is there a known issue with Clip Browser on OS 10.5.8? Mine worked fine for the first, oh, month after installing, but starting last week it has been crashing within five seconds of launch - every single time. I tried reinstalling; no luck. It's kind of an issue because I don't want to just Finder-copy the BPAV directories onto my hard drive, and I don't have any other way of importing them. Any ideas, or am I out of luck?

September 20th, 2009, 09:41 PM	#2
Brooks Graham Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 121	Try running it in the Guest account. If it runs fine there, but not under your login, then its prefs got mangled and you can just trash the prefs to fix it. __________________ EX3, Z1U, FX1, D1X / NeXTstation Turbo Color / FCS3

September 20th, 2009, 09:58 PM	#4
Brooks Graham Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 121	Did you recently install or update anything that you could correlate with the onset of this? Perhaps maybe the new SxS driver? Outside of the usual troubleshooting steps (running under Guest, etc.) I don't know where else to look. __________________ EX3, Z1U, FX1, D1X / NeXTstation Turbo Color / FCS3

September 20th, 2009, 11:48 PM	#6
David Issko Major Player Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 393	Corrupt or conflicting files playing havoc I would suspect. __________________ David Issko Edit 1 Video Productions

September 21st, 2009, 09:32 AM	#9
Brooks Graham Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 121	So, was that it? An iPod? __________________ EX3, Z1U, FX1, D1X / NeXTstation Turbo Color / FCS3

September 20th, 2009, 09:50 PM	#3
Daniel Bates Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: Daegu, Korea Posts: 180	Thanks for the quick reply, Brooks. Unfortunately it crashed in Guest as well.

September 20th, 2009, 10:21 PM	#5
Daniel Bates Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: Daegu, Korea Posts: 180	I've been updating various software as my pathetic Internet connection will allow. I'm pretty sure one of the updates or another broke it, but I can't figure out which - especially as the clone laptop works fine and has the same updates.

September 21st, 2009, 07:06 AM	#7
Nick Wilson Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 259	It's a long shot, but I have found that Clip Browser will not launch if my IPod shuffle is connected. Have you anything similar? Nick

September 21st, 2009, 09:21 AM	#8
Daniel Bates Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: Daegu, Korea Posts: 180	Nick, if I'm ever in the UK, I'll buy you a beer.

September 21st, 2009, 09:48 AM	#10
Daniel Bates Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: Daegu, Korea Posts: 180	Yep - I had my Shuffle plugged in. I would never have guessed that it could be the culprit.

September 21st, 2009, 03:55 PM	#11
Nick Wilson Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 259	No worries! N